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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is apples and oranges: storage can be reused, while electricity is consumed.





That's the levelized cost over the lifetime. Hydrogen storage is expensive to both build and maintain.

The issues include hydrogen embrittlement, constant leakage and safety issues. Containers don't last. H2 is the smallest molecule. It gets into the containers and wears them out and leaks away. Casing and seal damage is constant. Pressure vessel storage loses little below 1% leakage per day.Liquid hydrogen storage is about 1-3% leakage per day. Salt cavern storage much less but they have problem of H2S generation by Micro-organisms.


> That's the levelized cost over the lifetime.

I don't see how you can compute that cost if you don't know anything about the amount of energy that goes into and out of the container, and how often that happens.


The article I'm quoting gives a range.

Larger for small storage, and longer term. Smaller for others.




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